Genomic Medicine Skills and Competencies

Buch | Softcover

164 Seiten

2022
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-323-98383-9 (ISBN)

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Genomic Medicine Skills and Competencies discusses core and practical aspects of genetic and genomic education and training for medical field. Many aspects of genomic applications in science, biotechnology, clinical medicine and healthcare require core and specialist knowledge, skills development and competencies for carrying out diverse tasks. Several knowledge-based courses and opportunities for skills and competencies development and assessment are now available and the main required subjects are discussed in this volume.

The book focuses on all major aspects of genetic and genomic education training that are currently offered and evaluated and is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, physicians, nurses, genetic counselors, bioinformatics technicians, and other professionals who are interested in learning more about such promising field.

Professor Kumar has considerable previous experience in writing and editing books and journals related to genetics and genomics. His books include Genomics and Clinical Medicine and Genomics and Health in the Developing World. He founded and leads the new open access journal Applied and Translational Genomics, published by Elsevier. He has published 40 articles in the journals literature. Professor Dhavendra Kumar is a Visiting Professor, Genomic Policy Unit, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, The University of South Wales and Consultant in Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of Wales, Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. He is one of the Consultants for the All Wales Medical Genetics Service and the lead Clinician for Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics. After qualifying in Medicine from the King George’s Medical College, University of Lucknow, India, he completed postgraduate training in Pediatrics with an MD. Since 1980 he has pursued a career in Medical Genetics in the UK. In 1990 he became a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Genetics. He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics (FACMG) and as well as Royal Colleges of Physicians (FRCP-London and FRCP-Ireland) and Pediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH-UK). In 2015, he was conferred with the higher degree of DSc by his Alma Mater, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow (UP, India) based on his life-time contributions and achievements to genetic and genomic applications in medicine and health.

1. Preface2. Theories and models for genomics education and training3. Genetics and Genomics Education and Training in Developing Countries4. Learning outcomes, competencies, and their use in genomics education5. Genomic education and training for clinical laboratory workforce6. Genomic Education and Training Resources for Nursing7. Genomic education based on a shared space for discovery: lessons from science communication8. Global perspectives of genomic education and training9. Preparing the Workforce for Genomic Medicine: International Challenges and Strategies10. Digital Resources for Genomic Education and Training

Erscheinungsdatum	21.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	Genomic and Precision Medicine in Clinical Practice
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	191 x 235 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10	0-323-98383-9 / 0323983839
ISBN-13	978-0-323-98383-9 / 9780323983839
Zustand	Neuware